Ancient egyptians having sex

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For example, the woman Naunakht, at Deir el-Medina, plainly expected her daughters as well as her sons to aid her in her old age and disinherited her offspring—both male and female—when they failed to do so. It seems that we can hardly get enough of their unorthodox practices and bizarre beliefs; even by ancient world standards, Egypt was definitely a weird place. I did not want to pass judgement or try to explain their ways of life through the eyes of a modern day westerner. Seth and Horus have had a long history of one-upsmanship and some pretty awkward sexual tension. John Baines at Oxford University thinks the twin explanation is best. But at some point he fell into disfavor.

But an Egyptian family was not just a status symbol - the Egyptians loved their children and were not afraid to show it.

10 Bizarre Sexual Facts From Ancient Egypt

The semen comes out of Set himself, and he becomes the laughing stock of the gods! If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. Recent work on Egyptian queenship has highlighted the role of the women who were closest to the king. The Egyptians also not only had circumcisions, but there are textual mentions of a practice of mass circumcision, with one text noting the circumcising of up to men in a single day. He was depicted as a god with an erect penis, wearing a feathered crown and carrying a flail.